Welcome Mr. Roberto Orci, you may ask him questions

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  1. Bob Orci

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    We we working on it with Michael up until 3 weeks ago, so no, we did not just hand it in and say "BYE!" Sorry it seemed that way.
     
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    Roberto, first off I want to say a job well done on ROTF (and Star Trek for that matter). I sincerely thought that it was better than TF1 and I hope you and Alex come back for TF3.

    I also just had a few questions:

    - How did you come to decided the alien satellite alt. mode for Soundwave?

    - What other alt. modes did you consider for Soundwave?

    - Were there any particular Autobots and Decepticons that you had planned on including but were cut?
     
  3. The Mad Artist

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    SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THOSE THAT HAVENT SEEN THE FILM



    Hey Bob,

    Wanted to say congrats on the movie! Saw it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. One thing that threw me was some of the more adult humor. I know that the theater I was in had people laughing up a storm with Wheelie humping Mikalea's leg, and Devastator's nuts, so I guess I'm the minority here and the studio and you guys have to go with what the mainstream wants, but it definitely felt out of place for me. Does stuff like that have to be in summer blockbusters these days? Granted it didn't ruin the movie for me or anything like that, just seemed out of place.

    A few questions if you have the time:

    1. Was Barricade ever meant to be in the movie? I would've thought he would have taken the place of Sideways, if anything because his model was already built; saves ILM time of having to create another bot that's not going to have much screen time.

    2. Do you see Devastator as being made up of individual robots, or just separate pieces? Basically, is he composed of individual Constructicons, or is he just one big Constructicon that has a robot mode, and then transforms into separate vehicles that aren't individual robots?

    3. Soundwave looked and sounded great in the time we saw him, even without the vocoder voice (kudos for trying to get it in there though). Was there ever thought of him having more of a role on the battlefield, or was he always meant to be the eye in the sky?

    4. Was that Blackout? Was he just revived off camera along with Megatron?

    5. Awesome job making Prime the hero he deserved to be. Those scenes were easily the highlights for me. As Bumblebee might be more viewed as the main hero bot by the general public not familiar with TFs after seeing the first film, was there any roadblocks to getting Prime so much hero time?

    6. Speaking of BB, were there ever plans for him to speak?

    7. Really thought the dialogue and interactions between Megatron and Starscream was very well done. You can't get any more g1 than that.

    All in all, I really enjoyed the film, and congratulations on all of your own personal success with Star Trek and now Revenge of the Fallen.
     
  4. Bob Orci

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    On Soundwave we recall that as a Boom Box, he was one of the true SPY Decepticons who could blend in anywhere and record things. So a SPY SATELLITE who can see everything seemed like an interesting update. We considered a super rigged up audio kind car and, of course, it's original boom box form.

    I wanted every Autobot in there!
     
  5. neoprimus01

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    Bob, simply put, thank you for this movie...we went to the midnite showing, and we all loved it. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: 
     
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    Roberto, Is you think that Blurr going in Transformers 3 will The Dinobots?
     
  7. Bob Orci

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    1. Considered it. Honestly can't remember reasons for decision!

    2. I suppose since we didn't commit either way, I wouldn't want to tie the hands of future writers with my non-canon opinion.

    3. Fought to have him come down, but so many robots to service and he had his moments -- his main draw is as a spy.

    4. Could explain it that way, but I can't remember if he's ever called Blackout in the movie. Is there a Revenge of the Fallen Blackout Toy?

    5. We knew we had to do A LOT more with Prime this time, and if we could do it again we would have EVEN MORE time with Prime.

    6. We discussed it, but we all loved the musical ability so much, and Bay wanted to focus more on the twins because, as he said, he thought kids would like them

    7. Thanks for going!
     
  8. Matt Starr

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    Are you happy with the way the subjective storyline was fleshed out?

    I just posted a thread about this subject, and how Sam's emotional storyline didn't have the same emotional impact, at least on me, as the first one's did. I felt oddly detached from the story because of this, though I wanted to love it.

    In the first film of course it was about him growing from a boy into a man. Not just getting his first car (and first girlfriend), but becoming a man by taking responsibility and making sacrifices. "No sacrifice, no victory"--what a killer line.

    In this film it seems like his subjective storyline is to overcome his desire to not be a part of this war--but it didn't have the same emotional drive as the first to me. The action scenes were great, but even those felt somewhat detached because of the lesser emotional pull. I loved Star Trek by the way, and like the first Transformers, that too had a great emotional, subjective arc that made all the action seem meaningful.

    But that's just me. I still enjoyed it and very much appreciate the hard work you and Alex and Ehren put into it.
     
  9. MegatronSupporter

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    Roberto,if you return for Transformers 3,will we get to see more of Sideswipe,Jolt,and Soundwave?

    Since quite alot of us have seen the movie now can you tell us now what the easter eggs are?

    Oh,and what happened to Wheelie? He was in Egypt and then poof he wasn't seen again later on.

    And would you think that for Transformers 3 the next logical plot to use would be for Megatron to try to turn earth into Cybertron?

    Oh and are you also considering to have less Transformers in the next movie so all Transformers don't get under used?

    Oh,and I really enjoyed TF:ROTF last night! Good stuff. :) 
     
  10. Santoanderson

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    So Bob,

    If Ratchet's the doctor, is Jolt his nurse? Because in the context of the film, all we see him do is help Ratchet supe up Prime. Did Jolt have any speaking lines originally? Bay mentioned that he had cast Anthony Anderson as the voice actor for Jolt.

    Do you guys wish you had more creative control to begin with, because it seems so much like you want to do more, but you're getting bombarded from left and right by Hasbro and Activision and GM and the Military and Bay, that it seems like you're no longer 3 screenwriters but more like fifty.

    Also, did you plan on killing any Autobots off? (Which didn't happen, save for Prime's, errr coma)
     
  11. Lennox

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    Why were the Autobots so peripheral? They should have been front and center. Poor Jolt never gets to speak once, and Arcee and Sideswipe have an average of 2 lines. We don't get to see who they are (visually because the camera never really shows them, and personally because they have no part in the story). Ironhide and Ratchet suffered similarly. I mean, they're the Autobots. I'm not blaming you at all, Mr. Orci, as I feel like you probably fought to have more focus and any actual character development given to them, and that Bay really just cared about shoving the "funny" twins in our faces so kids would go out and buy their toys (and a good portion of that money goes to Bay). So, err, the question again: Why were the Autobots so peripheral?
     
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    Roberto,
    do you agree that the build up for the final battle drags on for too long near the end of the movie?

    Do you find it odd no one assumed command of the Autobots after Prime got hurt? BB was with Sam and the twins doing other stuff while the other Autobots were on the side before coming to Egypt for the final battle.

    What were the Autobots doing off screen when they got loaded up by the military? Did they just stay in vehicle mode?
     
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    i wish to say thank you for an excelent movie Mr Orci.
     
  14. optimusprime42

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    bob will shockwave be in the third
     
  15. Eric

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    I think he was staying there because he knew that there was a slight possibility that another Prime could take him out.
     
  17. Deadend

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    Okay, I love the universe you guys have helped cultivate, and create, so I only have a few questions pertaining to this installment. I wish you would consider to flesh out more of this world in the coming installments, but can understand your need to move on so will try to keep my question pertaining to the open doors to a minimum. And thank you again for yet another amazing installment.

    1. The duplibots (Grindor, Long Haul, Rampage, Scavenger, bonecrusher etc). They seem to act like clones of other bots due to the lack of energon and viable scan options from the current soundwave databases from previous decepticons. A great way to cut corners on new models, was this left to the audience to assume(insinuated when starscream whines about the protoforms), or explanations cut for time due to length or just a happy accident to this epic? Or how would you explain this?

    2. The Unauthorized politician. He seemingly is here at a convenient time to block our viewage of the autobots relaxing in their new base. With being only authorized to see Prime, the other bots have to stay in hiding. Did you purposefully script in a character to open the doors for later use such as companies playing with cybertronian tech(theft or sponsored), or was he more to save on render times, cost, and tackling what do aliens talk about when not fighting.

    3. Wheelie and Mikaela. Awesome idea, awesome execution, and loving the potential. If you were to stay on the films, would you explore her new relationship with her pet bot? Was this door intentionally left open for a 'Mikaela: Decepticon bounty hunter' type spin off? xD Or was it another 'happy accident' that she has something that can track jetfire/seeker technology. And maybe even experiment with herself for her bike, and or weaponry or body armor.

    4. Sam, while I'm guessing it's obvious you can't go into detail about his future. My question has to do with his interaction to the matrix. Is he now recognized as a prime since the matrix accepted him? Or how does that work entirely?

    5. The arcee triplets, loved the usage of them on the screen, but what was the original usage of them? We've heard about the combining before, and it seems only one was hit by artillery in the film after only one line. Did the script ever feature more characterization for her? Or is that something we'll have to wait and see from the next one? (She was one of my favorites in the film, shame she had only one line. Hope for more next time!)

    6. Was Roswell also a seeker? We've been visited by transformers throughout the ages, jetfire insinuating cave men days and the first wheel. Is it safe to assume the first scouting party could have come during the dinosaur ages to check for life?

    7. Was that a ship on mars that starscream, the fallen, and megatron were on, or was that cybertron?

    8. The protoforms, are they enslaved? Born with no choice on sides, or just good soldiers doing what they are told, what was the intent behind their manhandling and jetfire's diatribe about there being a choice?

    9. Is Sam going to become a robot and mikaela is his human grounding? Or was the love story just to try to get the ladies into theaters too? xD Will sam be rodimus prime? (Him going robot, opens the door for her to hunt seekers? Recklessly endangering herself for love? Sounds like a tv series more than a movie. >.>)

    10. What happens to the broken down decepticons after nest destroys them? Where will the fallen's body rest? Will megatron try to use it to repair himself?

    11. Are any of the armies left on cybertron still?

    12. When does jolt arrive?

    13. If you were to stay on for transformers 3, would you give us more bot downtime interaction to personify them?

    14. Why did the kitchen bots attack Sam? Are allspark bots born malevolent? or do they remember the years of forced servitude they endured? How exactly does that work, or is that to be explored at a later time?

    15. Was it intentional to leave so many questions unanswered for the next movie? And also pose even more possibilities for the next writers to cover? Or have you rethought about continuing on with the franchise? So much is begging to be explored here. Love the possibilities created here.

    16. Was the fallen confined by his brothers, or was he just scared that the remaining prime would find him?

    17. Are Sam special Events going to become a trend of the films? His first car, his first day of college, his graduation from college (assuming on tf 3). Or were these just the convenient merging points of the war, arrival on earth, return of the fallen, etc?

    Again Fantastic job on the story, and thank you for opening so many real world doors and possibilities, Bay's vision has so much it can still dive into, while still satiating the masses. Heck as you can see, most of my questions I want to fill the blanks in for myself just from how much is insinuated whether intentionally or accidentally. So wonderful job, I hope whoever takes over can masterfully weave all these strings together that are so ripe with potential. Just wow. My only complaint was that this world needs to be defined more. More bot down time interaction. What do they do inbetween missions when only authorized personnel are around. How do they refuel/eat, and maybe a tidbit about disposal. But for another day in sam witwicky's life, his first steps into manhood on his own in college. Epicly amazing work.
     
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    Just wanted to say I really enjoyed the movie. OPtimus ruled Finally! The twins were cool and Devestator was a beast.

    My only complaint was that the Autobots could have used more characterization. The fem bots could have been utilized better. They came across as being very weak and shallow. Sideswipe needed more to say too.

    Can you guys add more to the film in the DVD this go round to help flesh out the plot some more? There just seems to be a lot of info that could be inserted/ reinserted into this film.

    It was awesome but it leaves a lot questions too.
     
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    no i mean they won't suck up to him like they do here.
     
  20. Deadend

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    For new rookie bots, and possibly even recently born bots. They worked and were entertaining. I loved em, and the audience I was with laughed at them repetitively. I personally don't like their head designs, but Bay did hit a homerun with them. Idiot he is not. Kids will gobble them up and love em. So he at least didn't Jar Jar Jynx the franchise yet.
     
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